Source: Matt Light will retire

Patriots left tackle Matt Light recently declined to comment on whether he will or won’t retire at the relatively young age (for an offensive lineman) of 33.

A source with knowledge of the situation tells PFT that Light will indeed retire.

It’s unknown when the move will be official. Presumably, the Patriots would like to keep it under wraps until after the draft, so that a replacement on the depth chart can be selected. Nate Solder, a first-round pick in 2011, is expected to replace Light in the starting lineup.

Light, a second-round pick in 2001, is one of only three Patriots players whose careers trace to the team’s Super Bowl years. The others are Tom Brady and Vince Wilfork.

UPDATE 4:58 p.m. ET: Yes, Deion Branch also is on the roster. But he was gone for several years.

Good players who are also personable, good locker room guys are hard to find and he was one of the best. The best thing you can say about people that pass through your life and then leave is that they will be missed. He definitely will be missed.

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Funny thing about that tuck rule, when it was used on Brady that was the SECOND time that rule was enforced.
The first was on Carson Palmer!
Just a little bit of irony there huh Raider fans?

“On a day when they could have had impact players David Terrell or Koren Robinson..they took Georgia defensive tackle Richard Seymour, who had 1 sacks last season in the pass-happy SEC and is too tall to play tackle at 6-6 and too slow to play defensive end. This genius move was followed by trading out of a spot where they could have gotten the last decent receiver in Robert Ferguson and settled for tackle Matt Light, who will not help any time soon.”

Light, a second-round pick in 2001, is one of only three Patriots players whose careers trace to the team’s Super Bowl years. The others are Tom Brady and Vince Wilfork.

UPDATE 4:58 p.m. ET: Yes, Deion Branch also is on the roster. But he was gone for several years.

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So — Brady, Wilfork and Branch will be the only guys on the team this year who have rings for cheating?

What a shame to see a real sports cheating dynasty fall. I guess someday Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones will have to star in some hokey kind of “Field of Dreams” movie about them, like they did for the Black Sox.

Matt Light was the blindside-man for Brady for such a long time now……#72 will be dearly missed from the Pats fans and the whole Patriots organization. Matt Light will forever be a constant Patriot. I know everyone has already chimed in on this one already but really??? I can’t believe the players forgotten in this story lol, Kevin Faulk 3 Rings Dan Koppen 2 Rings….at least Branch was included a bit later….but that’s a C’Mon man! moment. Otherwise I Can’t wait to see Matt Light at the Razor when he gives his speech.

On another note I can’t believe all the losers with no time on their hands that come and comment on boards about players on teams they don’t like and make really really really stupid unintelligent remarks about why they hate someone they don’t even know. Get a hobby you low-life’s!!! (A low-life or lowlife is a term for a person who is considered morally unacceptable by their community, especially those who exploit others for their own selfish purposes. Examples of people who are often called “lowlifes” are the dregs of society…..Often, the term is used as an indication of disapproval of antisocial or destructive behaviors, usually bearing a connotation of contempt and derision. This usage of the word dates to 1911)

That was not a blow to the head penalty. At the time it had to be deliberate. It wasn’t. The other poster is wrong. It was a fumble. Absolutely. You can scream and cry all you want, but if it were the Raiders who had the ball, you’d all be screaming fumble, and you know it.

Tony I think we know that…the reason people were making a stink out of it was because of this “Light, a second-round pick in 2001, is one of only three Patriots players whose careers trace to the team’s Super Bowl years. The others are Tom Brady and Vince Wilfork.
UPDATE 4:58 p.m. ET: Yes, Deion Branch also is on the roster. But he was gone for several years.” So if you read that you would understand that just means when the Patriots were winning the Super Bowl i.e 2001, 2003, and 2004… pretty sure Branch won 2 and so did Koppen 2. I don’t know what your getting upset about. lol And Kevin Faulk clearly is the oldest tenured Patriot so thanks for the news flash that he has three rings….and if you read the article it says that they were the only remaining traces to those years when they won.

rexismybff says:
Apr 18, 2012 6:10 PM
Light, a second-round pick in 2001, is one of only three Patriots players whose careers trace to the team’s Super Bowl years. The others are Tom Brady and Vince Wilfork.

UPDATE 4:58 p.m. ET: Yes, Deion Branch also is on the roster. But he was gone for several years.

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So — Brady, Wilfork and Branch will be the only guys on the team this year who have rings for cheating?

What a shame to see a real sports cheating dynasty fall. I guess someday Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones will have to star in some hokey kind of “Field of Dreams” movie about them, like they did for the Black Sox.